Neem leaf glycoprotein is nontoxic to physiological functions of Swiss mice and Sprague Dawley rats: Histological, biochemical and immunological perspectives

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-83

  Mallick, Atanu ^a   Ghosh, Sarbari ^a   Banerjee, Saptak ^a   Majumder, Sayantani ^a   Das, Arnab ^a   Mondal, Bipasha ^a   Barik, Subhasis ^a   Goswami, Kuntal K ^a   Pal, Smarajit ^a   Laskar, Subrata ^b   Sarkar, Koustav ^c   Bose, Anamika ^d   Baral, Rathindranath ^a  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Immunomodulation; Neem leaf glycoprotein; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CREATININE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NEEM LEAF GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER GROWTH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; AZADIRACHTA; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CREATININE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; TUMOR BURDEN; UREA;

EID: 84872286070     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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